Douluo Dragon King: I, Huo Linfei, the Mecha Illusionary Lin God

Gu Yue almost burst out laughing when she saw this.

Playing with fire in front of her?

She is the Silver Dragon King, the ruler of the elements! Not to mention the flames of a two-ring Soul Master, she can easily control and extinguish even the flames of a Title Douluo.

Gu Yue stretched out her hand, spread her five fingers, and gently squeezed Huo Linfei's fireball.

As she expected, the fireball should have extinguished immediately, or at least been greatly reduced in power.

But nothing happened.

The fireball continued to burn, continued to expand, and continued to emit terrifyingly high temperatures.

Gu Yue was stunned.

She increased her control, unleashing her full mental power in an attempt to forcibly seize control of the fireball.

It still didn't work.

The flames wouldn't listen to her at all! No, not that they wouldn't listen, but... it seemed to have its own consciousness, resisting her control and mocking her incompetence!

"This is impossible!" Gu Yue exclaimed inwardly.

At this moment, Huo Linfei had finished charging up his power.

"go!"

The fireball shot out of his hand, transforming into a crimson streak that hurtled straight towards Gu Yue. Wherever it passed, the air crackled and popped, leaving a charred trail on the ground.

Gu Yue finally panicked.

She waved her hands repeatedly, and elemental shields materialized in front of her—water shield, earth shield, wind shield, ice shield… layer upon layer, a total of eighteen layers!

This is the maximum defense she can currently muster. Theoretically, it's enough to withstand a full-force attack from a fourth-ring Soul Master.

The fireball struck the first shield.

laugh!

The water shield evaporated instantly.

On the second side, the earthen shield melted.

On the third side, the wind shield collapsed.

The fireball was unstoppable, piercing through seventeen layers of shields before finally crashing into the eighteenth layer of ice shield.

The ice shield didn't break, but its surface was covered with dense cracks.

The fireball finally exhausted its energy and dissipated an inch in front of Gu Yue.

But the terrifying heat wave still forced Gu Yue back seven or eight steps, her silver hair was blown into a mess, and her face was covered in dust.

She steadied herself, and for the first time, emotions appeared in her purple eyes—shock, disbelief, and a hint of...bewilderment.

He himself, the Silver Dragon King's avatar, the master of the elements, was forced back by the flames of a human child...?

Although she wasn't injured and she managed to block the attack, the process was completely different from what she had expected!

Shouldn't the script have shown her easily controlling the opponent's flames and defeating them with a casual strike? How did it turn into her struggling to defend herself and almost failing to defend?

Before Gu Yue could recover from her shock, Huo Linfei's next attack had already arrived.

It wasn't a fireball, it was a person.

Armed, Huo Linfei's speed increased dramatically. Like a red lightning bolt, he instantly rushed in front of Gu Yue, his fist, crackling with scorching flames, aimed straight at Gu Yue's face.

Gu Yue hastily raised his hand to block.

boom!

As their fists and palms collided, Gu Yue felt a tremendous force, her arm went numb, and she was sent flying backward.

She adjusted her posture in mid-air, barely managed to land, and then slid another three or four meters before stopping.

"Shall we continue?" Huo Linfei asked, withdrawing his fist.

Gu Yue remained silent.

She looked at Huo Linfei, at his red armor, and at the pair of emerald green eyes beneath it.

This human... is not simple.

No, it's far from simple.

That flame was definitely not ordinary fire element. That power was definitely not something a second-ring cultivator should possess.

"I lost." Gu Yue finally spoke, her voice still cold, but with a hint of complex emotions.

The training ground was completely silent.

Everyone was stunned.

From Gu Yue's appearance to her choice of Huo Linfei, to the start of their fight, the entire process took only two or three minutes. But what did they witness in those two or three minutes?

Gu Yue's incredible elemental control—she could casually create eighteen layers of elemental shields—what does that even mean? An ordinary second-ring Soul Master is lucky if they can control two elements at the same time, but she can control four and stack shields instantly!

Even more terrifying is Huo Linfei.

That fireball actually managed to pierce through seventeen layers of shields! If Gu Yue hadn't given it her all, the eighteenth layer of shield would have shattered too!

And that speed, that power... Is this really the Second Ring Road?

"The boss has gotten stronger again," Xie Xie murmured.

Tang Wulin nodded: "Big Brother has been making progress."

Wu Changkong looked intently at Gu Yue and said.

"You can join Class Five!"

Although Gu Yue lost, it was clear to anyone with eyes that Gu Yue was extraordinary; her control over the elements was simply unbelievable.

……

……

Gu Yue lost.

He lost to a human child, a second-ring Soul Master.

This incident was like a thorn stuck in her heart. It wasn't that she couldn't accept defeat, but rather that the defeat was inexplicable. Why had her elemental control failed? What exactly was that flame?

And then there's Huo Linfei's armed form... the silver armor, the red patterns, the seamless integration, the aura that perfectly harmonizes with his martial spirit...

Why does it look so much like battle armor?

This thought made Gu Yue's heart tighten.

If humans have mastered the technology to give two-ring Soul Masters battle armor, how can Soul Beasts compete?

It's a consensus across the continent that Battle Armor Masters are invincible among their peers. If they can equip themselves with these weapons ahead of time, the plan for the revival of Soul Beasts might as well be abandoned and they might as well just surrender.

So she has to figure it out.

After the training session, Gu Yue did not return to the dormitory, but waited for Huo Linfei at the entrance of the teaching building.

The setting sun bathed the corridor in gold as the red-haired and blue-haired boys walked out side by side, followed by the slender boy named Xie Xie. The three chatted and laughed, appearing to have a good relationship.

Gu Yue walked over and blocked Huo Linfei's path.

"I have something to ask you."

Huo Linfei stopped and grinned, "Go ahead and ask."

"What is your armed form?" Gu Yue asked directly.

"Why does it look like battle armor? You're only at the second ring, how could you possibly have battle armor?"

Huo Linfei blinked: "You're quite observant."

"Answer me," Gu Yue's voice turned cold.

The atmosphere was a bit tense.

Tang Wulin quickly tried to smooth things over: "Gu Yue, Big Brother's martial soul is rather special..."

"Let him say it himself," Gu Yue interrupted him.

Huo Linfei stared at Gu Yue for a few seconds, then suddenly laughed: "I can tell you. But..."

He paused, then gave a sly smile: "You have to grant me one request."

"What are the conditions?"

"Be my sister," Huo Linfei said matter-of-factly. "From now on, call me Boss Huo. We're family now. Of course, I'll tell you things that only family members do."

Gu Yue: "..."

Looking at Huo Linfei's matter-of-fact face, she experienced for the first time what it meant to be "speechless".

The Silver Dragon King, the ruler of all soul beasts, an existence that has lived for hundreds of thousands of years, was asked to be a younger sister by a nine-year-old human child?

But Gu Yue gritted her teeth and nodded: "Okay."

It's just a verbal agreement anyway, it won't cost her anything. Besides, becoming "one of her own" will make it easier for her to get close to Tang Wulin and observe the Golden Dragon King's bloodline.

"Then it's settled!" Huo Linfei clapped his hands, grinning like a fox who had just stolen a chicken.

"After school this afternoon, meet me in the grove of trees at Donghai Park. I'll invite Xie Xie and Wu Lin along, and we'll officially become sworn brothers."

"Sworn brothers?" Gu Yue was taken aback.

"That's right," Huo Linfei said matter-of-factly. "You know about the Oath of the Peach Garden? Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei! Let's have a Huo-Tang-Gu-Xie alliance, four brothers... no, three brothers and one sister, how wonderful!"

Gu Yue's lips twitched.

She felt her identity crumbling. From the lofty Silver Dragon King, to a student at a human academy, and now to having to become sworn siblings with several human children…

What is all this about?

"Alright, now I'll answer your question." Huo Linfei's joking expression vanished.

"Armed Form is my first Soul Skill, not Battle Armor. Its effect is to comprehensively enhance my physical abilities—strength, speed, and defense, which can probably increase my Soul Power by one ring."

He raised his wrist, and the Power Lock appeared: "My martial soul is called Power Lock, and it's very special. Armor is its basic ability, and when my soul power increases in the future, it can evolve into an even more powerful form."

Gu Yue breathed a slight sigh of relief after hearing this.

It's good that it's not battle armor.

But she quickly became wary again—a martial soul with its own armor form? This martial soul is too overpowered! And judging from Huo Linfei's tone, this isn't even the final form…

What is the origin of this human boy?

"Any other questions?" Huo Linfei asked.

Gu Yue shook her head: "That's all."

"See you this afternoon!" Huo Linfei waved his hand and left with Tang Wulin and Xie Xie.

Gu Yue stood there, watching the three figures disappear at the end of the corridor, a complex emotion flashing in her purple eyes.

She felt like she had jumped into a pit.

And this pit is quite deep.